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Hi - I bought this lovely vase about 5 years ago @ a car boot, it has always been one of my favorites but I'm unsure of the maker & age.

I have tried to include 2 close up pictures of the signature, it is signed to the side of the vase rather than underneath.It has a beautiful irridescent shine with white feathering and almost petrol blue stipes.

Thanks both for all your help, I actually have a few other pieces of Robert Held glass but they are signed Robert Held.Can anyone tell me what dates they used Skookum signature and when it changed to Robert Held??

Robert Held mentions that he opened Skookum in 1978 at http://www.robertheld.com/company_history.html. From what's written he opened RHAG when he moved to Vancouver 26 years ago. If his writing is recent, that would make it around 1984.

If you put Skookum glass into Google you can find scraps of information about RH.

HI, looked at the link that was posted by txsilver on RHAG. Was struck by the similarities with their glass and isle of wight glass, which is not a bad thing because I absolutely love isle of wight glass. Henry

Interesting connection as Robert Held played about the same role in the development of the studio glass movement in Canada as Michael Harris did in Britain. Sometimes that is lost as he does a fair bit of production work to keep glass workers and himself afloat.